Black Petals Issue #103, Spring, 2023

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Personal Things: Flash Fiction by Cindy Rosmus
The Good Doctor: Flash Fiction by Ron Capshaw
Another Tomato Invasion, Again: Poem by I. N. Shimabuku
Curse of the Crazies: Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Ghosted: Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Meteor Moon: Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Halo Around the Sun: Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Maker's Image: Poem by Bindi Lavelle
Specimen: Poem by Bindi Lavelle
Blood-stained Jupiter: Poem by Meg Smith
Cat Science: Poem by Meg Smith
Mortician's Powder: Poem by Meg Smith
The Pinups of the Afterlife: Poem by Meg Smith
Dark Gate Park: Poem by Meg Smith
A turntable fabricates hope during the apocalypse in 3 parts: Poem by Dennis Bagwell
Reverend Mother Munchausen: Poem by Sophia Wiseman-Rose
Whispers of Winter: Poem by Ashley N. Goodwin
A Man Is Nothing Without His Wife: Poem by Ashley N. Goodwin

Kenneth Vincent Walker: Meteor Moon

Meteor Moon

 

Kenneth Vincent Walker

 

An extinction level

Meteor has been

Detected hurling

Towards Earth, the

Perfect “Planet Killer.”

 

Due to its massive

Size and proximity it

Cannot be deflected

Without the aid of

Nukes to redirect it.

 

Upon the use of nukes

Altering its trajectory,

Proclaimed a success

By the entire world’s

Scientific community.

 

However, significant

Portions have broken

Free and should fall to

Earth harmlessly, but

One which shall alter

 

The orbit of the moon

Regrettably drastically;

 

Thus, we are doomed.

Kenneth Vincent Walker is a "New Formalist" poet, spoken word artist, performer and author of Borderline Absurd (An Exercise in Rhyme and Reason), published by Poem Sugar Press/ Community Arts Ink 2015. More recently his work has been widely published in online magazines, journals and blogs. Kenneth is originally from Buffalo, NY and completed his higher education in Canada. He now resides in South Central Pennsylvania where he performs his brand of poetry at various venues throughout the region.

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